More and more people these
days are embarking on a diet rich in colorful vegetables and fruits, green
leaves, nuts, cereals, and grains. They have realized that a vegetarian food
not only keeps them healthy by staving off grave ailments but also gives them a
long life. Many famous athletes,
scientists, geniuses, and several other famous men and women – Albert Einstein,
Bernard Shaw, Leonardo da Vinci, Seneca, Plato, Leo Tolstoy, Mahatma Gandhi, Paul
McCarthy, to name a few, lived – live – on a vegetarian diet.
There are facts that can be
testified to the beneficial influence of vegetarianism on our body. El Quafi, an outstanding athlete and Olympic
gold medalist, ate only plant-derived foods.
Paavo Nurmi, who won several medals in the Olympics, was a vegetarian. A Danish sportsman, who took part in several
spots events like running, skating, wrestling, rowing, and discuss throwing
says , ‘porridge and bread, potatoes and other vegetables provided him more
strength than fried meat or beefsteaks’.
Once an experimental climbing
event was made on Mt.
Elbrus
There were a group of monks –
around 28 of them – who lived up in the mountains. About 12 of them were vegetarians and the
rest based their foods on animal flesh and consumed very little vegetables. It was found that the monks who thrived on
meat kinds lived only up to 70 but the monks who were total vegetarians lived
beyond 90.
Doctors and scientists have
been long warning us about the dangers of consuming only animal foods and
totally avoiding vegetable kinds. They
say that excessive consumption leads to diseases that have become common in our
time. Meat, by raising the vascular
tone, raises blood pressure and thereby sets the stage for heart diseases. If you are a non-vegetarian, try to add
vegetables and leafy greens in your diet and see the difference.
Long live the vegetarianism!!
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